Research into light, new materials and cosmic exploration are seen as possible contenders for Tuesday's Nobel Physics Prize, though experts warn it is difficult to predict a winner in the vast field. The award, to be announced at 11:45 am (0945 GMT) in Stockholm, is the second Nobel of the season after the Medicine Prize on Monday went to mRNA researchers Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for their groundbreaking technology that paved the way for messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccines.
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne LHuillier have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for their experimental methods in generating attosecond pulses of light. This enables the study of electron dynamics in matter. The Nobel Prize for Physics has historically seen limited representation for women, with only four female winners since 1901.